Pierre Rowland was born in Honfleur, France in 1791 and came to Mystic, Connecticut in 1812. His daughter, Abby Maria Rowland married George Moon who was born in 1809. Descendants lived in New York, Missouri, and elsewhere.

John Gensel (1753-1819) was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He married (1) Margaret Jeyser in 1775 in Charleston, South Carolina and (2) Hannah Lane in 1800 in Charleston. He later died in Charleston. Descendants lived in South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, and elsewhere.

Traces several connected families beginning with the following ancestors: Andrew DeVeaux (d. 1754) and Marguerite de Bourdeaux of Charleston, South Carolina; James Bulloch (b. ca. 1701) and Jean Stobo of South Carolina and Georgia; Claes Roosevelt (d. 1658) and Jannetje Samuels-Thomas of Holland and New York; and Jesse Rowland (b. ca. 1723) and Martha of Virginia and North Carolina.

William Blazier/Blazer, son of Christian Blazier and Christena, was born in 1784 in New Jersey. He married Catherine Hayden (1792-1853), daughter of Jonathan Hayden and Mary Van Winkle, in 1803 in Mendham, Ohio. They had eleven children. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Ohio, Arkansas, Missouri and Kansas.

Martha Patsey Whitehead (1756-ca. 1828) was born in Virginia, daughter of William and Abby Whitehead. She married Nathan Atkinson ca. 1775. She later died in Greene County, Georgia. Her daughter, Rhoda (1777-1840) married Hiram Rowland in 1794 in Oglethorpe County, Georgia. Whitehead ancestry is traced to Arthur Whitehead II (1648-1710), who was born in James City County, Virginia, son of Arthur Whitehead. He married Mary Godwin ca. 1670 in...

Joseph Hadley was born in 1698 in Ireland. He immmigrated to the United States and married Amy Gregg in Delaware, as listed in Quaker church records. Their children included John. Joseph died in Delaware or Pennsylvania. .

Frederick Rowland was born in Albemarle Parish, Surry County, Virginia in 1753, son of Jesse and Martha Rowland. He later moved to North Carolina and then Georgia. He married Sealey Huckaby. Their son, Hiram, married Rhoda Atkinson in 1794 in Oglethorpe County, Georgia. Hiram's son, William, was born in Greene County, Georgia and later married Mary Jackson in 1819. Descendants lived in Georgia, Arkansas, and elsewhere.

John Sampson came to America from County Tyrone, Ireland. He married Margaret and they had twelve children. They settled in Greensburg Pike, Pennsylvania. He died in 1800. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Pennsylvania and Kentucky.

Matthew Atkinson was born ca. 1595 in England. He and his sons immigrated to Virginia. His son, Thomas died in 1632 in Surry County, Virginia. Also includes descendants of Thomas Gwaltney (ca. 1609-ca. 1664) who died in Surry County, Virginia as well as Richard Williamson (ca. 1593-1652), born in London, married (1) Margaret Browne (2) Margaret Sherwood and died in Isle of Wight County, Virginia. Includes descendants of Arthur Allen (ca. 1599-ca....

Ancestry traced to Robert and Martha Rowland who purchased land in Augusta County (later Botetourt County), Virginia as early as 1746. Robert later died in 1782. His son, William, married Sarah Potts (1745-1829) and later died in 1776 in Botetourt County. William's son, John (1766-1843), married Nancy Barnett (1777-1844) in 1796 in Washington County, Kentucky, settling in Mercer County, Kentucky. Both later died in Boone County, Missouri. Descendants...